Overview
- Nia Sanchez, Miss USA 2014, described on Amanda Hirsch’s Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast that President Donald Trump brought male acquaintances to watch Miss USA rehearsals and that contestants felt uncomfortable.
- Sanchez said one man touched her without permission, that she removed his hand and warned him not to touch her again, and she framed the encounter as “creepy.”
- The episode clip was shared publicly ahead of the full podcast release on July 7, prompting multiple outlets to publish excerpts and to contact Miss USA organizers and the president for comment.
- The alleged incident dates to 2014 while Trump owned the Miss USA/Miss Universe organization, a period the coverage notes ran from 1996 until he sold it in 2015.
- Reporting to date relies on Sanchez’s first-person recollection, she has previously told a similar story on Bravo’s The Valley, and there is no independent confirmation beyond her account.